I George Forgus Secretary of state of the state of IllinoisIllinois do hereby certify that Joel Manning was on the 20th day of May 1826 a justice of the peace for the County of JacksonJackson and State afore said as appeals from the records of this office

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the of the seal of the State this 22d day of June in the year AD 1826